Photo Gallery | Customers show their support on "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day"

Customers show their support on "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day"

Submitted by Brianne Britzius, Fox 6 Digital Producer

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012, 3:56pm

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Like sardines in a can

A viewer snapped this pic at the Northport Chick-fil-A.

Traffic jam at the Hwy 280/Inverness Chick-fil-A

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Lining up in Gadsden

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Waiting on the patio in Gadsden

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Stopping traffic for chicken sandwiches

Customers lining up in Oxford.

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Oxford traffic jam

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Organizing the madness

The Oxford manager directs keeps the traffic flowing.

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Coworkers enjoying Chick-fil-A in Five Point South

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Family lunch

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Nonna takes the grandkids out for lunch

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Today was unofficial "Chick-fil-A Day" and customers showed up in droves to eat their favorite chicken meals and show their support for the restaurant.

The appreciation day was organized by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on Facebook. The day is in response to criticism of the restaurant's president, Dan Cathy, for his comments in a Baptist Press article that his family and Chick-fil-a supports "the biblical definition of the family unit."

Nearly 640,000 Facebook users RSVP'd to the event. In response, Chick-fil-A opponents have planned a Kiss Mor Chiks event for Friday, August 3. They encourage people of the same sex to go to their local Chick-fil-A restaurant and kiss each other.